Pale Alley color palette — #ECDCDC · #DA6C6D · #BD2018 · #882304 · #542A17

Built around Brick, softened by Rust — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Bone (#ECDCDC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Coral Clay (#DA6C6D): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Brick (#BD2018): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#882304): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Espresso (#542A17): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Alley into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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